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Angus Dearlove

Angus is a sports journalist at Sunraysia Daily. Email [email protected] to get in touch.

Cricket

‘Turtle’ to pull up stumps after 40 years

AFTER more than 600 games and 40 years, Noel “Turtle” Slade is calling stumps for one last time.

12 Feb 2021

Sport

Copeman proves his class

CORBIN Copeman has joined a select group at Ataru Tae Kwon Do. Copeman, who turns 12 tomorrow, officially received his junior black belt on Tuesday night, becoming the fourth person in the club’s 30-year history to achieve the rank. Copeman...

06 Feb 2021

Basketball

Saturday Serve: Wonderful journey ends

SIX years ago – almost to the week – I stepped into the Sunraysia Daily newsroom for the first time. I was a nervous kid from country South Australia, making the big jump up from a small-town weekly paper’s senior journalist and sports editor...

06 Feb 2021

Cricket

Pointers’ crunch time

WITH six rounds to go until the Sunraysia Cricket Association finals, today’s trip to Mildura Senior College to face the reigning premier Mildura Settlers is perhaps a last chance for Nichols Point. The Pointers sit two wins behind fourth-placed...

06 Feb 2021

Motorsport

Waters is ready to roar

CAMERON Waters is back in black and looking to shake things up in 2021 after his 2020 Supercars Championship runner-up finish. The 2021 Supercars season begins February 26-28 at the Mount Panorama 500, preceded by a pre-season test day at Winton...

05 Feb 2021

Football

Sunraysia Football Netball League likely to follow AFL’s concussion lead

SFNL boss Paul Matheson expects new concussion protocols introduced by the AFL will filter down to local football. The AFL announced late last month it had doubled its mandatory time out of the game for a player who suffers a concussion to at least...

05 Feb 2021

Sport

Sparrow swoops on Moomba challenge

EXPERIENCED Mildura Ski Club driver Nigel Sparrow has secured a spot behind the wheel for this year’s Moomba Masters from March 3-8. The multiple world championship level water ski driver, who has towed his way to at least a dozen Australian...

03 Feb 2021

Cricket

Local cricket snippets: Morrison back to his best

IT was vintage Jason Morrison on Saturday against Mildura East at Brian Weightman Oval. The heavy-hitting opener blasted 116 from 82 balls, with eight fours and nine sixes. One Zane Hunt over pretty well summed up peak Morrison and brought back...

03 Feb 2021

Galleries

Skiers make a splash on the Murray River

A VISITING Melbourne skiier stole the show at the weekend’s Mildura Ski Club Four Round Slalom at the weekend.

02 Feb 2021

Football

Sunraysia four make Bendigo Pioneers NAB League under-19 girls squad for 2021

FOUR Sunraysia footballers have been selected in the Bendigo Pioneers NAB League under-19 girls squad for 2021. Bambill pair Nalin More and Jorja Oborne along with Nangiloc’s Channy Mitchell and Tahlia Coad will join the squad as it prepares for...

30 Jan 2021

Cricket

Wade striking form

COOMEALLA Wentworth skipper Justin Freeman has backed big hitting all-rounder Bevan Wade to further show what his side knows he can do. Wade smashed a match-defining 81 from 41 balls against Nichols Point last weekend to help his side record a win...

30 Jan 2021

Football

Saturday Serve: Regional protocol needed

AS we learn more about the effects of concussion, it makes sense for the AFL to enact stricter protocols. This week it was announced the AFL would double the amount of time players are required to spend on the sidelines if they suffer a concussion...

30 Jan 2021